The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
CM should convene all-party meeting to address issue, says G. K. Mani The ruling party and the opposition parties should unite together to restore the rights of Tamil Nadu on Cauvery water dispute. They should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately to safeguard the State’s rights, said Pattali Makkal Katchi …
Residents of Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order bottled water or filters be provided to them to prevent further lead exposure, 2-1/2 years after the city's water supply was found to be contaminated. Attorneys for residents and for advocacy groups Concerned Pastors for Social Action, the …
Londoners face a one in five probability of queuing in the street at standpipes for their water for days or weeks during a sweltering summer in the coming 25 years, owing to drought brought about by climate change and a lack of water infrastructure, new data suggests. As the UK …
Australia’s chief health and medical research agency says fluoride in drinking water does not lower a person’s IQ, cause cancer or cause any other negative health effects. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) analysis of more than 60 years of scientific research and 3,000 studies has backed adding …
The structure is being built nearly 8 km upstream of Poondi reservoir Residents of Pattaraiperumbudur in Tiruvallur district are glad that the stretch of the Kosasthalaiyar river near their village will have a good volume of water even during summer. The river will soon have one more structure to store …
MUMBAI: Union minister for water resources Uma Bharti has called for exercising restraint while exploiting groundwater. She said over-exploitation had led to a sharp decline in ground water level and deterioration of water quality in major parts of the country. Bharti said factors including an increasing demand of ground water …
ISLAMABAD: More than 80pc Pakistanis consume contaminated and unsafe water, Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer informed the Senate on Tuesday.Responding a question from PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, the minister said the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had conducted various water quality monitoring projects in the …
War-torn Syria’s water supplies are deteriorating fast, triggering migration and disease and stoking a pollution crisis in neighbouring Lebanon, hydrologists and humanitarian groups have warned. “Water security continues to deteriorate for many civilians [in Syria]. Evidence shows that control over power and water infrastructure is [being] used as a weapon …
NAGPUR: While unpackaged 'drinking' water has found a good place in the market with hospitals, banks, health clubs and caterers being its main consumers, experts warn that consumption of water which is not properly treated poses serious threat to human health. Groundwater is the major source for most of the …
The locals at Tikha of Silgadi Municipality have been compelled to borrow drinking water for survival in Doti. The municipality was declared an Open Defecation Free zone some two months ago. However, shortage of drinking water has posed a challenge to the government’s ODF campaign. As many as 512 households …
More than 300 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are at risk of life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid due to the increasing pollution of water in rivers and lakes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said. Between 1990 and 2010, pollution caused by viruses, bacteria and other …
Coimbatore: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) on Thursday said it will block the Kerala-bound trains and supplies of vegetables and all essential commodities to its neighbouring state if the Kerala government were to fail to withdraw dam project on Siruvani river. TPDK general secretary K Ramakrishnan said Kerala government had …
The state government is planning a mega project to meet drinking water needs of all the districts in the state. The scheme is estimated to cost Rs 45,000 crore. A proposal in this regard will be submitted to the Centre soon so that the state can go in for external …
Salinity and arsenic affect 60% of underground supply across vast Indo-Gangetic Basin, according to research published in Nature Geoscience Fifteen to twenty million wells extract water from the Indo-Gangetic basin every year amid growing concerns about depletion. Sixty per cent of the groundwater in a river basin supporting more than …
To make 'right to water' accessible to all in the city, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to provide individual water connections to every household in jhuggi-jhopri clusters and villages, and even in basements and rental properties. Delhi already has 19 lakh functional connections and after the implementation of the …
MEERUT: Taking cognizance of the continuous failure on the part of the administration to provide potable water to poor farmers of six districts of western UP, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the state government to produce the district magistrate and chief medical officer (CMO) of Baghpat, along …
Women and girls across the world collectively spend about 200 million hours every day collecting water which is a “colossal waste” of their valuable time, the UN children’s agency has said of the activity which is a daily routine for millions of girls in India. As World Water week began …
It has long been argued that government spending on health should increase to 2.5 per cent of GDP. National Health Accounts (NHA) monitors the flow of resources in a country’s health system and provides detailed data on health finances. The NHA estimates for India for the financial year 2013-14 were …
ANKARA – Some 10,000 people were admitted to the hospital early this week in eastern Turkey after they suffered from health problems caused by contaminated tap water, local press reported on Sunday. The mayor of the city of Kahramanmaras, Fatih Mehmet Erkoc, said that experts believe health issues started to …
'Water in KRS, Kabini, Harangi dams just enough to meet drinking needs' BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa urged the Supreme Court to send a team of experts and get a report on the availability of water in the KRS dam before issuing orders in the Cauvery River water-sharing dispute. …
